Joe Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Reported earlier today. A strong (to say the least) and important poet... perhaps most known to listeners as the former wife of Ornette Coleman (cf. "Jayne", SOMETHING ELSE!!!) and mother of Denardo. A voice which will be missed. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2012/12/rip-jane-cortez/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Oh no... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 sad news ... only know very few of her poems but love those - r.i.p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlitweiler Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Jayne Cortez wrote 'If a drum is a woman, why do you beat her?' Bless her for that, among lots of other virtues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romualdo Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Jayne Cortez wrote 'If a drum is a woman, why do you beat her?' Bless her for that, among lots of other virtues. loved her name - it was so distinctive RIP Jayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 What a month, indeed. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Weiss Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 (edited) Innocently picked a collection of Jayne Cortez poems off the used bookstore shelf today. Opened the book, and right there on the page in front of me, I found myself described in the poem JOHNNY BLOWING AND POINTING HIS MACHETE: Johnny checking his watch and clapping in time with piano player's bouncing shoulders Johnny dancing with his saxophone together they are foreshadowing paraphrasing and shadow boxing (continues) There are references to the Blue Note and a tune of Griff's we used to play, "You've Never Been There." She must have been in the club one night. Now to continue on a topic that probably belongs in the "Weird Shit Happens" thread if there is one: Earlier today at Barry Harris' house I asked him for help on today's NYTimes crossword for a clue, "With lots of animal fat" or something like that. So Barry told me the word "suet", which I wasn't familiar with. He said, "grab that dictionary over there." I reach over to this fat dictionary with over 1,000 pages. I open the book at random, and right on the page in front of me is the word SUET. Edited May 12, 2013 by Michael Weiss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 Nice post. Lots of connections - and we have some suet in the freezer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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